To be fair to the FBI, they now have a strong incentive (especially after we learned about the bureau's lack of internal communications before Sept. 11) to sent out warnings -- just in case. If the FBI failed to do so and the public found out, you can imagine the repercussions. But at the same time, sending out warnings of vaporous threats that never materialize also can damage the FBI's credibility. Previous Politech message: "Network admins respond to FBI attack warning: 'More FUD!'" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03852.html -Declan --- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 09:54:43 -0400 From: "Neil Kohl" <nkohlat_private> To: <politechat_private>, <declanat_private> Subject: Re: FC: Network admins respond to FBI attack warning: "More FUD!" Declan, The "attack" was a nonstarter: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Internet-Attacks.html The AP article mentions Dshield, which is the first place to check for signs of a general attack. Dshield is part of the Internet Storm Center at http://www.incidents.org/. The site analyzes logs from 3000 firewalls around the world. It also collects news items and maintains a database of intrusion attempts. The Internet Storm Center wouldn't show attacks against a specific ISP or domain unless they happen to be one of the monitored firewalls, but should show a general attack against a number of ISPs. Neil Kohl Manager, ACP-ASIM Online American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine nkohlat_private 215.351.2638, 800.523.1546 x2638 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Wed Aug 07 2002 - 08:01:43 PDT